Washing-machine



D. C. ROOD, 0F ALTONA, ILLINOIS.

W ASHING-MACI-IINE.

Specification of ietters Iatent No. 21,216, dated August 17, 1858.

To LZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, D. C. Roon, of Altona, in the county of Knox andState of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-VVashingMachine 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and eXact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a. part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, is avertical longitudinal and central section of my invention. Fig. 2, is aplan or top View of ditto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

This invention consists in the employment or use of a hollow rotatingcylinder and a yielding concave placed in a suitable boX, the cylinderbeing provided with a flap or door, afastening or catch, and coveredwith an inflated belt or a thick fabric of any suitable material thewhole being arranged as hereinafter fully shown and described for theready and effectual cleansing or washing of clothes, especially thosekinds which re quire a peculiar treatment and which, so far as I amaware, have not been successfully operated upon by machines hithertoinvented.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a box which may be of any suitable form and supported at aproper height by pedestals or legs a.

B, is ahollow cylinder which is hung on a shaft C, said shaft beingfitted in suitable bearings b, on the box A, and the cylinder fittinginto the box A. The cylinder has a `flap or 4door c, which extendsentirely across it and is connected to it by hinges (Z. This flap ordoor rests on springs e, which have a tendency to keep the flap in aposition concentric with the periphery of the cylinder B, the flap beingslightly depressed, or, forming an arc of a circle a trifle less indiameter than the cylinder. A flap or door f, is also formed on thecylinder, the latter being a segment of the cylinder and suflicientlylarge to admit clothes into the cylinder B. The flap or door f, issecured in a closed state by catches g, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.The flap or door f, serves the purpose of a door only while the flap c,

is intended more especially as a fastening as will be hereinafter shown.

The cylinder B, is covered with an inflated india rubber belt or bandIt, or a proper cloth or fabric of suitable thickness would answer. Thecloth does not `cover the ap c, but it covers the flap f, and all theother portion of the cylinder as shown clearly :in Fig. 1.

D, is a concave which is formed of two curved bars z', z', connected atits lowest part below the cylinder by a corrugated' board E, and tworollers y', j, one at each end of the board E. The bars z', i, areattached near one end to the boX A, by pins 7c, 7c, and the eXtreme endsof the bars i, have'flat springs Z, Z, attached to them, one to each.The springs Z, Z, are slotted longitudinally and vertical screw rods m,which are attached to the end of the boX A, pass through the slots, saidrods having each a thumb nut n, on them.

To one end of the shaft C, of cylinder B, a crank F, is attached.

The operation is as follows: The box-A, is supplied with a requisitequantity of suds, the dotted line ax, indicates the height, and theshaft C, is rotated the clothes being secured at one end to the cylinderB, by placing their ends within the iiap c, the springs e, causing theiiap to press against them and serve the office of a clamp, see Fig. 1,in which the clothes are shown in red. The clothes are subjected to theproper pressure and rubbing between the corrugated board E, andcylinder, the latter being turned by hand, and the board E, made topress more or less hard against the clothes by adjusting the thumb nutsfn.. Those clothes which require more rubbing in one part than another,such as the wrist bands of shirts, collars, &c., are, when washed orcleansed all but the most diihcult portions, placed within the cylinderB, the flap f, be-` ing raised for such purpose and the parts thatrequire the additional rubbing are only exposed. By this means no partwill be subjected to a greater degree of rubbing than is necessary andthe clothes therefor will not be subjected to unnecessary wear.

I am aware that rotating cylinders and concaves have been previouslyused and arranged in Various ways for washing clothes,

and I therefore do not claim broadly such device separately or in itselfconsidered, but

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let- 5 ters Patent, is,

Having the rotating cylinder B, provided' With a flap or door f, and aflap or fastening c, and covered by an inflated band or belt or anysuitable cloth or fabric h, n

combination with the yielding concave D, 10 provided With the corrugatedboard E, and rollers y', y', the Whole being placed in a proper boX A,and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

- f D. C. ROOD.

Witnesses:

CHARLES B. SMITH,

RICH. S. STUCKEY.

